Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - court tomb
Largy, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Largy
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.35156, -8.26814
- SMR number
- LE007-088----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a steep E-facing slope with limestone outcrop and overlooking Lough Glenade. An oval cairn (dims c. 12m NW-SE; c. 10m NE-SW; H 0.6m) contains a two-chambered gallery (dims 6.67m NW-SE; 2.4m NE-SW) divided by jambstones. The entrance (Wth 0.6m), flanked by limestone uprights, leads to a semicircular orthostatic court (dims 5.85m NE-SW; 1.4m NW-SE) at the SE end of the cairn.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.